Features

Entertain your cat and protect your furniture from scratching

Place ball in circular track for hours of fun

Scratch pad is replaceable

Catnip and ball included

Measures 16 inches in diameter

a hit with the catsThe turbo scratcher is simply a plastic circular base with a ball that rolls around the track on the outer edge. It has cardboard corrugating medium as a clawing area on the inner part of the circle. It is very simple, yet highly effective. I don’t know why, but this has been a success with every cat — young and old — that I have seen around it (15 different cats). Once they get the ball moving, it really flies around the track! The younger cats manage to pull the ball out of it within 10 minutes, but they have a blast in those ten minutes. The smartest cats realize that it is more fun when it does stay in the track, though. A word of advice: don’t put this in or near your bedroom. If your cat feigns disinterest when you first bring it home, watch out if you are a light sleeper — a couple of hours into sleep you will wake with a start to the sound of the ball whipping around the track over and over and over again. The two 14-year old cats that I currently reside with love this thing. They aren’t usually interested in toys (in our presence), but did manage a very disinterested tapping of the turbo ball if they were sitting on the mat anyway. These senior cats’ main interests in the Turbo Scratcher are 1) using it as a meditation/sleeping spot — it is so much more sophisticated than sitting ON the floor, and 2) actually scratching it (and these two are declawed!). The fact that the ball comes out of the track so easily is a small disappointment (granted the cats do have to grab it with both paws to pull it out). You can easily pop the ball back into place, but some of us have too many places that the cats can hide such a small item. Besides that, after 4 years, all our cats still use it daily. As a toy, well, its success may depend on the age and personality of the cat. As a scratching post, however, it is the only one I have ever bought that all the cats consistently used as such (though they do still get use out of the couch, too). I have been a “cat caretaker” for many many years so I do have some experience with several different types of scratching posts and this is by far the best.

Best way I know to save furnitureI’ve been using the TurboScratcher since it came out in the early 80s as a toy and scratching item for my cats. I have NEVER paid for than about $12-13 for it, and the inserts used to be available from WalMart for 3/$9. The catnip helps get the attention for the scratching part, and once the see how much fun it is to scratch, they rarely go back to carpet or furniture. I’ve had more than one cat that never ONCE went for furniture because I made sure he/she had her own turbo-scratcher from the moment they arrived in my house. I have one that is a light blue from back in the 80s when everything was light blue and mauve. If left in the sun a bit too long, they do tend to get a little brittle, but while they feel a little flimsy, they are perfect for the cats. For those without carpet — use the rubber shelf or drawer liner cut in a square or circle a couple of inches bigger than the whole toy and it doesn’t move at all. I have never had any problem on any surface until I recently moved into a house with handscraped hardwood floors that are uneven. This trick worked wonders there and I suspect it would have been more stable on the tile floor in our last house as well, but our cat like to sleep on it in the window in the sun just as much as playing or scratching it. I recommend one to any cat that I adopt out at rescue, and for my foster babies, I give one to the family that adopts them because that’s what I teach them to scratch on and I don’t want them developing bad habits of scratching furniture or carpet in their new home — where they are often trying to cope with the unfamiliar. I’ve been told by my adoptive families that this was a really great thing to send esp since it was familiar and they were surprised at how much it was used. Before replacing the cardboard circle, make sure you turn it over and use both sides! if they seem a little bored and you are out of catnip, just pic up a little bag of it and it will totally get their attention again.

Great toy!I had seen this toy many times, but finally got one and my 4 cats all love it. I never would have thought that a simple toy like this would interest them. It has a very smooth and fast movement on the rolling ball and the scratcher is used by my cats too. You can get the replacement scratcher boards easily.

Bring your favorite coffee flavors front and center with the Keurig K-Cup carousel. Perched on a revolving base, you’ll be able to organize up to 30 single-serving K-Cups and browse them with a simple spin. K-Cups not included.

Amazon Sales Rank: #5240 in Kitchen & Housewares

Brand: Keurig

Model: 5671

Number of items: 1

Dimensions: 10.00″ h x 8.00″ w x 8.00″ l, 4.00 pounds

Features

Displays up to 30 K-Cup portion packs

K-Cups not included

Measures 12.8″ x 7.1″

Customer Reviews:

Very PleasedI love this carousel, makes picking a cup of coffee simple, no digging through the box.

Neat way to display K CupsI had my K cups in a disorganized basket. This is a very neat way to be able to make a selection, and looks great on your countertop. Rotation is smooth and rack is sturdy; great quality item. I even put two more cups on top making it hold two more that it says.

K-Cup CarouselI use to put my k cups in a bowl. Now this product helps keep the assorted k cups arranged in a way that I can see them. and looks very nice on my counter.

Features

Comfortable santoprene handle with non-slip grip

Made of stainless steel; measures 6-inch long

Safe in the dishwasher for convenient cleanup

dishwasher safe

Difficult to gripI found the Norpro Grip-EZ tea infuser difficult to use. The black material covering the handles is not firmly attached. It rolls around the handles as you attempt to grip them making them hard to hold on to as you load and unload the mesh basket. I will not purchase this product again.

Nice ProductI purchased this because even with tea in a BAG, I hate having to hold it down with a spoon to prevent it from floating. I now put my tea bag inside the infuser and it is always underwater when brewing. The downside is that for some reason, even with the infuser, I can still get bits of tea “dust” and such in my cup, which I really thought this might eliminate. But I am not really a tea guru, just a fan of a daily cup. I drink tea from the Republic of Tea, whose tea bags contain no strings or staples and are completely round and flat.

I do put this in the dishwasher and have had no issues. I was unsure if it was dishwasher safe but it comes out clean and has no melting or warping issues. Easy to use.

Well made — works well.This item is well made, and actually rather attractive. It looks better in real-life than in the picture. The handles are a nice silicon, and the spring loaded mechanism is rather clever.

I am not, however, convinced that the design is perfect. It’s a bit peculiar to load with tea while holding it open with the other hand.

Features

Designed to work with DeWalt models DW703, DW706, DW708, DW712, DW715, DW716 and DW718

Customer Reviews:

These are worth their price in gold.They fit correctly, secure well, and make the job of cutting crown molding a virtual breeze. No more messing with making 2 adjustments (bevel and miter) on your saw. Set these up once for the width of the crown molding that you’re cutting, and you’ll typically only have to make your miter adjustments, which is easy when your DeWalt has the positive stops for the crown molding cuts. In addition, due to the way they hold the crown molding, they eliminate the mistake of having the molding facing the wrong way when you’re making your cuts.

If I could design and sell a product like this I’d be richYes, they should be a bit longer to allow six inch crown. They should also have a quick release mechanism. but these are minor complaints.Look closely at the picture. I can’t understand how they can charge this price for an item that obviously can be made for 1/10 the price (look at the picture again). I still bought them because you really must have them if you do any anount of crown. The real disapointment is that for that much money you’d think they would at least be square. Mine are not (out of the box). When dewalt sat down and designed this thing there were only two basic requirements – it must attach to the side of the saw with a slot that allows adjustment and then turn square so as to be parrallel to the fence. It is totally unbelievable that they could fail at this. No name tools manufactured on a dirt floor in the south pacific would likely be more succesful in producing this product. On the flip side I still use this product all the time and it is in fact very helpfull when working with crown.

Not all they seem to beIf you have the DW706 double compound saw you might be disappointed with these stops. They will NOT cut crown larger that 5 1/4″ which is far less than the 6″ crown that saw is capable of. There is a review that talks about this a little more on the DW706 page.

Amazon.com Product DescriptionDesigned to work with DeWalt saw models DW703, DW706, DW708, DW712, DW715, DW716 and DW718, the DeWalt DW7084 Crown Stops come with two stops–one for each side of the blade. These stops accurately position crown molding vertically against the saw fence.